# Incident 19810923067659I: Blanca 1731A, Spokane, WA, September 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1981, 10:05 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8836V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8836V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-31A (registry code 1220435, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-31a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1E5 (registry code 41671, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1e5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1731A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 30 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810923067659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST CONTOL ON ROLLOUT GROUND LOOPED. DAMAGED MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. NO STEERING PROBLEMS FOUND. PILOT ERROR.

## Other reports on N8836V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810222024839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222024839I), Feb 22, 1981: Blanca 1731A (N8836V), Vancouver, WA, Minor damage. During taxi pilot allowed aircraft to strike a parked fuel truck. Claimed he was blinded by vehicle lights.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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